by admin | Apr 18, 2024 | Elephant News
It was announced on 17th April that the American Hadi Shrine circus has officially stopped featuring elephants in their performances. PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) shared this news following their continued protests and campaigns directed at Hadi...
by admin | Apr 8, 2024 | Elephant News
Above: stock photo An elephant named Somboon who was captured as a calf and taken to a camp in Pattaya, Thailand where she was forced to give people rides every day for eighty years, has been rescued and rehomed at a sanctuary. “Grandma SomBoon is radiant and content,...
by admin | Mar 25, 2024 | Elephant News
Asian elephant Punch and African elephant Mikki are set to leave Louisville Zoo in the US in order to relocate to Tennessee Elephant Sanctuary. The extract below is taken as a direct quote from the Louisville Zoo website. You can read the entire piece here:...
by admin | Jan 30, 2024 | Elephant News
After living alone for decades at the zoo in Puerto Rico, Mundi the elephant is now living among other elephants at a refuge in Georgia. Mundi was among hundreds of animals who were removed from the Dr. Juan A. Rivero Zoo, after the U.S. Department of Justice oversaw...
by admin | Oct 20, 2023 | Elephant News
Nam Chok, a partially sighted elephant in her sixties who has been located at a trekking camp giving tourist rides for decades has been released and relocated to a sanctuary. She is now able to enjoy some freedom and space as well as receiving expert medical...